For today's column, I'm going to be straying a bit from my recent pattern of feminist-y analyses of popular TV shows. I want to bring it back to the basics - journalism, its general health and its future.
Amidst the bustling and charming streets of the North End, you can hear whispers of how delicious the cannoli are there. But where exactly can they be found? Several tourist directories, and even a few locals, will direct you to Mike's Pastry Shop. A popular destination filled to the brim with cannoli in every flavor you can possibly imagine, Mike's is usually teeming with hungry tourists ready to try them all. However, a select few may also let you in on the secret of Maria's, a hole-in-the-wall pastry shop just down the road. Based on looks alone, they could not be more different. But each one makes a mean set of cannoli in its own right. So, which one truly wins? Read on to find out.
Considering I'm a confused freshman who only a few months ago didn't know what a "JumboCash" was, my transition to college has been relatively seamless. There have been few significant speed bumps and only manageable unexpected swerves. It's like I'm channeling Jimmie Johnson or something.
According to Dean of Arts and Sciences Joanne Berger-Sweeney and Dean of Academic Affairs for Arts and Sciences James Glaser in their Sept. 16 Daily op-ed, unionization may not have been the best move.
Tufts will begin installing a new solar panel system on the roof of Dowling Hall early next year.
It has now been over two years since Tony Monaco was formally inaugurated as Tufts' 13th president. If you don't remember the ceremony, you didn't miss much - it was just a series of speeches under a tent on the Res Quad, something that you see at Commencement all the time. Total cost? $1,700,000.
The NFL better look out, because the New England Patriots are finally getting healthy.
The men's swimming and diving team won its first two meets of the season on Saturday, beating Middlebury College and Conn. College in a tri-meet hosted by Middlebury.
One of the biggest reactions I've received from others is the one I get when I tell people that I'm from Thailand. Also when I tell them that I don't have a favorite color - but let's get back to the Thailand thing. Immediately, their eyes will widen in shock as they look at me with a heightened sense of curiosity. Not really looking at me - mind you - but rather observing, as if trying to fit me into the schema they have for Thailand. I then administer a double shock when I reveal that I'm actually Indian, but was born and raised in Thailand. At this point, they are utterly bewildered and just don't know what to make of me.
Over the past few weeks, I've been reflecting on cultural appropriation. Over Halloween, I saw someone dressed as a Tufts Daily columnist. I didn't approach the student, but I was deeply offended.
In an unfortunate start to its 2013-2014 season, the women's swimming and diving team dropped its first event Saturday, losing to both Middlebury and Conn. College at a tri-meet at Middlebury. The Jumbos lost to the host Panthers by a score of 190-108 and fell to the Camels 186-102.
In light of unruly behavior during last year's annual Winter Bash celebration, the Sophomore Class Council will hold a new winter event instead of Winter Bash this year.
Diana Bianchi, founding Executive Director of the Mother Infant Research Institute (MIRI) at Tufts Medical Center, was elected to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) on Oct. 21.
Women's basketball stormed out of the gate this weekend in Rochester, N.Y., winning the 2013 Chuck Resler Tournament with victories over Baldwin Wallace and Rochester.
Alumni and current members of Tufts Mountain Club (TMC) gathered Friday night at the 51 Winthrop Street Function Hall to celebrate its 75th anniversary with a barn-style contra dance.
Fans of the HBO series "Game of Thrones" (2011-present) are well acquainted with the dire wolf pups that are adopted at birth by the Stark boys. These pups grow into fearsome beasts that follow and protect their masters diligently. In reality, domesticating a wolf is much more difficult and dangerous. A pup from the modern grey wolf will still grow to become a wild animal, the result of thousands of years of natural selection shaping these canids into cooperative hunters. So, how did the synergy between mankind and wolves yield the dogs of today?
The Medford Police Department last Friday arrested a suspect involved in a robbery that occurred near campus on Nov. 11.
The glory days of freshman year are over. The appeal of 3 a.m. Pizza Days has worn off, you've mastered the Joey schedule and - gasp - your unlimited meal plan is a thing of the past. You are suddenly thrown into a world without mountains of scrambled eggs, Tuesday stir-fry and the constant flow of Hodgdon coffee. When the tummy grumbles take over, you are faced with the harsh reality of fending for yourself.
Every Monday at 11 a.m., head football coach Jay Civetti makes the walk from his office in the Steve Tisch Sports and Fitness Center to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions in Bendetson Hall. There, Civetti sits down with Lee Coffin, dean of undergraduate admissions. For about an hour, they talk - mostly about the future.
Halfway through November, many male students have put their razors to rest to participate in the first "No Shave November" contest held by Tufts Relay for Life (Tufts RFL). The contest is a play on the larger movement during the month of November, sometimes called "Movember," that ...
